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i think i've read this at some point but taking a quick look to refesh myself, i was struck on the first page by the word procrustean, which apparently means so
by clairity 6y ago
i think i've read this at some point but taking a quick look to refesh myself, i was struck on the first page by the word procrustean, which apparently means something like "rigidly but arbitrarily specified"[0], possibly obliquely related to hard-shelled sea creatures. neat word.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes#Cultural_references https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes#Cultural_references
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- salty_biscuits 6y agoIt's from Procrustes, the guy who chopped your feet off to make you fit in the bed in greek myth. You find Procrustean analysis in mathematics, where you try and find the closest approximating matrix with a certain property to another given matrix (like it is a rotation matrix etc).
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoProcrustes was really one of the first slasher horror villains.
- richk449 6y agoTry reading AntiFragile. You will be very sick of that word by the time you finish the book.